Federal Crusade Against U S Participation In Foreign Lottery
Washington June 20 A federal campaign against American participation in foreign sweepstake lotteries was announced by Solicitor Donnelly of the post office department. He said the government will use all power to stamp out illegal practices and noted Postmaster General Brown has issued over 100 fraud orders to suppress lottery traffic. The solicitor stressed strict enforcement of statutes against lotteries as Congress intends to bar mail matter relating to lotteries, warning abroad promoters violate penal law by mailing forbidden material into the United States.
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Washington
Solicitor Donnelly
Post Office Department
Donnelly
Congress
United States
Mrs. Tennant and Daughters Leave City After Visit
Mrs. Mabel Tennant and her two young daughters, guests in the city for two weeks, returned today to their home in Monongah.
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Mabel Tennant
Monongah
Oklahoma Man Dies on Fray Night in Grafton
William Robert Beane 40 died at his Pearl Street apartment Friday night after a two day illness of pneumonia. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 PM from Bartlett Funeral Home with burial at National Cemetery, Grafton. Rev. Turvander will preach. A R and A M Lodge No. 15 will aid. Beane survived by wife Blanche Divens Beane and siblings. former Grafton engineer and Blackwell well driller. Spanish American War veteran. brother-in-law Arthur B. Shingleton. He came to visit two months ago before planned return to Oklahoma.
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Willian
Robert Reane
Pearl Street
Neumonia
Bartlett
National Cemetery
Grafton
BJ Turvander
First Presbyterian Church
A, R
A. M. Lodge
Mr. Beane
Charles Beane
Anna Stone
Wales
England
Blance Divens Beane
Edward Beane
Cairo
W. Va
Mary Farley
Margaret Teane
Eaton
W. Way
Charles Readel
Pittsburgh
Ruth Kirseh
Mrs. Beane
Oklahoma
Mrs Adaline Duck Dies in Newburg at 85
Mrs Adaline R Duck a well known Newburg resident died June 18 at her home after ten months illness from embolism She was born in 1861 in Taylor county and lived 46 years in Newburg with deep community involvement Survived by two sisters Martha Walters and Joan Current and six children Ottis Smith Lee Smith Willard Frazier Lillith Purr Harry Deck and Lyle Deck Burial Sunday at 2 p.m. in Newburg R of P cemetery with services by Rev H S McCulty She was a member of Waite Mountain Lodge Pythian Sisters Justice Temple and Newburg M P church for 40 years.
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Newburg
Adaline R. Duck
Newburg M. P
H. S. McCulty
Newburg R. of P
Sinclair
Deck
Taylor County
William B. Judkins
Eliza McGill Judkins
J. B. Deck
Martha Walters
Male Run
Thornton
Joan Current
Ottis M. Smith
Bridgeort
Ohio
Lee Smith
Willard Frazier
Lillith Purr
Harry C. Deck
Webster Springs
Lyle A. Deck
Clarksburg
Waite Mountain Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Justice Temle
Rotary Holds Weekly Dinner in Grafton Hotel
The Grafton Rotary Club met at the Hotel Grafton for its regular weekly dinner. Attorney E. Bailey Wyckoff summarized this month's Rotary magazine and W L Reddick spoke on the prohibition question, highlighting railroading and a Malayan article.
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Grafton Rotary Club
Hotel
Grafton
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Rotary Magazine
W. L. Reddick
Hole In One Expert Bill Loomis Plays At Niagara Falls
Hole-in-one expert Bill Loomis, a professional golfer from New York, scored two holes in one at Niagara Falls. Redick pressed in a talk that the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act do not align, complicating enforcement and highlighting differing state attitudes that hinder enforcement.
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Associated Press
Bill Loomis
Affair
N.Y
Niagara Falls
Peninsula
Redick
Plan Outings for City Boys by YMCA Active This Summer
A series of weekend outings for city boys up to 16 or 18 years is planned by the YMCA. William Manley says sightseers will go Saturday to a camp, spend the weekend, and return Sunday night. Potential sites include Stone House and Dawson's Camp on the Cheat River.
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YM. C. A
William Manley
Natch
Stone House
Dawson's Camp
Cheat River
Town to Seek Hiking Club Support
The article notes that hiking activities are planned with costs to members not yet fixed but expected to be reasonable. W C Arnold is mentioned as a speaker and the M C A secretary confirms the plan, noting it has been tried in other towns with success.
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W. C. Arnold
Vanderbilt Divorce Move To Be Fought In Reno
Cornelius Van derbilt Jr files suit for divorce and faces a rival faction in the family. Mrs. Vanderbilt Mary Weir Davidson Logan vows to fight to the finish, while her attorney indicates no decision yet. Vanderbilt's attorney pledges possible cruelty claims if the case continues, denying discussions with the opposing counsel.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Mary Weir Davidson Logan
William Woodburn
Samuel Platt
Platt
Woodburn
Arno
New York
Bank officials convicted in misapplication case
New York June 20 three of the four Bank of United States officials on trial for twelve weeks were convicted by a county jury. The jury disagreed on Henry W Pollock head of the bank legal department Bernard K Marcus president Saul Singer and his son Herbert Singer were named in the proceedings.
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New York
Bank of United States
Henry W. Pollock
Bernard K. Marcus
Saul Singer
Herbert Singer
Bank executive and four others convicted in bailout scheme
A jury convicted Marcus and three others of misapplying funds from Municipal Safe Deposit Company. Deliberations lasted over 11 hours, verdicts at 2:15 a.m. sent the group to potential prison terms up to seven years with fines. Sentencing set for Tuesday. appeals expected.
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Municipal Safe Deposit Company
Marcus
Tombs
Donnellan
Bolivia Paraguay War Over Boundary Dispute Pictured
Chile reports from Santiago dated June 20 show a picture of the Gran Chaco boundary dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay, with signs of a state of war as tensions rise.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
Santiago
Chile
Gran Chaco
Furs Fined For Violation In Aviation Incident
Washington reports four fines a 60 day suspension and a reprimand for five pilots over a Harding memorial ceremony disruption. Ameligny Earhart Putnam receives reprimand for alleged carelessness during a transatlan tic flight incident near Abilene Texas. Other pilots John C. Corrodi Joseph C. Mackey Harold Distelhorst Grant C. Melvin were fined with amounts undisclosed and one 60 day grounding for disturbing the Hoover Coolidge homage in Marion Ohio. Mrs Putnam defended her judgment after a landing light strike and a blade contact.
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Washington
Ameligy Earhart Putnam
Abilene
Texas
President Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Marion
Frank Byerly
Detroit
John C. Corrodi
Joseph C. Mackey
Harold Distel
Horst Ad Grant C. Melvin
Columbus
Lamont
Hoover
Mexico City Sees New Anti Church Law Challenged
Four petitions for injunctions against enforcement of the new anti church law are on file in Vera Crug court. Three petitions are by Catholic priests and one by parishioners from the Peutetes district. They allege the law violates individual rights and the national constitution.
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Mexico City
Vera Crug
Dispatches
Peutetes
Canadian First To Glide Cross English Channel
Lieut. Lissant Beardmore, a 54 year old Canadian fifer inventor and opera singer, becomes the first person to glide across the English Channel. From Lympe airdrome he climbed to 12,000 feet behind a plane, then steered toward the French coast at 60 miles an hour and landed near Calais. Beardmore outpaced six rivals including Robert Kronfeld for a £5,000 prize, noting he is the first cross channel glider and a British subject.
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer
France
Lissant Beardmore
English Channel
Lympe Airdrome
England
French
Stinglevegt
Calais
Beardmore
Robert Kronfeld
Austrain
London
Sre
Salt Lake City Offers to Buy Chicago as Suburb
Chicago June 20. Mayor Anton J. Cermak displayed a telegram from Salt Lake City chamber of commerce claiming Chicago’s finances are solvable with investment funds. The message asks what Chicago would take to sell and relocate as a suburb, noting Salt Lake City has ample money for investment.
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Salt Lake City
Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Chamber of Commerce of
Salt Lake
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